Joshua Tree News

The Cal State Bakersfield Alumni Association has named its next Hall of Famers, who will be inducted at a black-tie ceremony Feb.

Alma Allen didn't come up with the idea of transforming tree trunks into side tables and stools, but during the past decade, the sculptor and woodworker behind the now-defunct Venice gallery Pearce has certainly refined the concept.

Its anthemic template, crafted in 1984 with the assistance of co-producer Brian Eno , came three years before a oeThe Joshua Tree,a which took the Irish band a oefrom heroes to superstars,a according to Rolling Stone magazine, and sold 25 million copies.

Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the maddening crowds.

It took 22 years, but U2 has broken its own attendance record for the best-attended single concert performance at a U.S. venue by one headliner.

The US is expressing concern about Iran enriching uranium, and possibly creating a nuclear bomb, which in the unlikely event that it were ever used, might spread some radioactivity, yet it is the US which already has spread close to 2000 tons of uranium dust all over Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 18 years.

It's kind of crazy to think that the band U2 has been popular for about 30 years now.

You've been running on empty. Time to refuel and hit the road. A Side of Ranch Passing through the grapevines of the Temecula Valley should put you in the mood to wine and dine at luxe Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa .

From left, Larry Mullen Jr., Bono, Adam Clayton and The Edge of the rock band U2 making their way out to the stage during their 360A world tour stop at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Thursday, Sept.

In 1994, Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, which made Joshua Tree a National Park.

The reward challenge is stopped when one castaway requires emergency medical attention and heavy rain takes its toll on both tribes.

Ever the free spirit, purposely I see out places that allow me to entertain that attribute of mine.

Free H1N1 vaccinations are now available to children in Palm Springs! Riverside County sent out 7,000 doses to health clinics, but due to limited supplies, only children 2 to 12 are getting them for now.

Tix on sale Friday for a special show at...the VFW Hall in Lomita?! October 8, 2009 Vampire Weekend: still rockin' the boat shoes Those wacky kids behind the FYF Fest and the increasingly mind-blowing booking at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts have really outdone themselves this time: they've booked red-hot Afro-pop indie rockers Vampire Weekend ...

Mention Yellowstone or Rocky Mountain national parks, and Americans can quickly conjure images of Old Faithful or Longs Peak.

What happens when you combine two of modern rock's most innovative musicians with a living rock legend? The resulting super-group is just that, and they are Them Crooked Vultures.

It's pretty rare in this day of downsizing to see a new publication of any kind come on the market, so I'll give a big cheer to whoever is responsible for the premiere issue of Afar magazine.

Last weekend, while many local music fans trekked to Eagle Rock for the free, all-ages music festival, a smaller amount of LA audiophiles made the drive out to Joshua Tree for an entirely different aural experience.

This week the Ken Burns' series The National Parks: America's Best Idea airs on PBS with six 2-hour episodes.The series, filmed over six years, depicts the history of the National Park system from the mid-19th century when the expanding United States began setting aside some of its majestic and magical landscapes, protecting them from being gobbled ...

The 4th Annual Joshua Tree Roots & Music Festival, billed as a "Rootsicana Newgrassy Folkadelic Experience", explodes on the desert scene October 10 and 11.